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    Hail O Mary Mother of Mercy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Daprato Statuary Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Hail O Mary Mother of Mercy, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1983.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: textured stone, with metal cross and candle; Base: beige tinted concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 58 1/2 x 26 x 27 in.; Base: approx. 58 1/2 x 28 x 29 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left rear of plinth:) DAPRATO STUDIOS/PIETRASANTA/ITALY (On front of plinth:) HAIL, O MARY, MOTHER OF MERCY (On 14 in. x 22 in. plaque on base:) RECOMMITMENT TO/SERVE AS HE SERVED/TO HEAL WITH COMPASSION/TO PROMOTE LIFE WITH DIGNITY/TO LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY/1983 Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A smaller than life-sized sculpture of Mary holding the infant Christ in her lap. Mary is seated on a throne and wears a crown and long robes. She looks straight ahead and holds a tall metal cross with two crossbars in her proper right hand. Her proper left hand rests on Christ's knee. Her proper right leg is slightly behind her proper left leg in the sitting position. The Christ child sits in the center of her lap, holding an orb in his proper right hand and looking straight ahead. He holds a tall metal candle in his proper left hand. His proper left leg is crossed over his proper right leg. The Christ child wears a halo while Mary wears a floral crown. Beneath the figures is a four inch high plinth. The sculpture and plinth rest on a smooth, rectangular concrete base. Two lights illuminate the figures at night.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- New Testament -- Holy Family
    Emblem -- Cross
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Mercy Hospital, 301 North Jefferson Davis Parkway, Intersection of Jefferson Davis Parkway & Bienville Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana, New Orleans survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS LA000013
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